You are in a dungeon.
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- garbage1
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'Leaning forward, you poke the dim gyration glowing in the dead magician’s belly. There is a caesarean pop, and you lose your balance, falling shoulder deep through the corpse. You don’t feel the bottom, but you do feel a prickling sensation that crawls up your arm and settles on the back of your neck. You’re pretty sure it said “Mama”.
Face down, you see the paper dolls righting themselves and standing back in attention.
The footfalls in the hallway are now retreating.
- garbage0
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'Upon closer inspection of the rings, they are jet black, yet radiating a dark light in stark contrast to the magician’s bloated, dead-white fingers. You brush against one, and the corpse lets out a deep, crystalline belch that rattles the entire room.
The shuffling in the hallway halts. Dennis hops back as the growth begins to gyrate and expand. The buttons of the corpse’s robe begin to pop off, and as one flies past your face you realize there’s nowhere to hide. There are hundreds and hundreds of paper dolls filling the room, and you’re either losing your mind, or they are all standing in attention.
- Suspected Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- 1 Cloth Glove
- 1 Penis Udder Glove
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Cloth Map
- Army of Paper Dollsgarbage
- Suspected Inventory:
- garbage0
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You wake up again, still shunted into the laboratory door with another thunder in your head. This is your second chem lab explosion.Dennis still blinks behind a boiling trail of dust from the other side of the room, and you realize that months-long dream was just a few fleeting moments. He has made an army of paper dolls out of bookscrap.
The back of your head is somehow still wet and warm, and you notice a voice is missing from your head. You start to wonder where it went, but then you feel heavy footfalls in the hallway run up your spine. They are apparently very slow, but you have a feeling they are murderous.
You also notice the bloated corpse of what seems to be a dead magician. He wears six glowing rings, three on each finger: MNT RKD. Dennis is picking at a bulbous growth on the dead magician’s belly.
- Suspected Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- 1 Cloth Glove
- 1 Penis Udder Glove
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Cloth Map
- Army of Paper Dollsgarbage
- Suspected Inventory:
- garbage1
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'You wake up shunted into the labratory door with a thunder in your head. This isn't your first chem lab explosion.
Dennis blinks behind a boiling trail of dust from the other side of the room, and you realize that months-long dream was just a few fleeting moments.
The back of your head is wet and warm, and you notice a voice is missing from your head. You start to wonder where it went, but then you feel heavy footfalls in the hallway run up your spine.
- mantrakid2
Hahah oof this is a lot of work what have i got myself into haha. <3
- mantrakid1
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'Inspecting the various desks and tables you cant seem to find a lantern or candle which is odd considering how dark the room would be without Dennis' eye-glow bathing the room in the greenish light. You continue your search through the books and notice on one of the desks behind some glass flasks, there is one laying wide open.
You walk over to the open book, holding Dennis and comforting his still quivering body. Directly on the open pages of the book is an illustration of a creature that looks exactly like Dennis, you scan the adjacent page. Written in a simple script in common you are astonished to see that it appears to be a thorough description of your crab-like friend.
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The Cycrab is an incredibly rare creature found in the seaside region of Twar. Its smooth, thick, crustacean-like shell protects a paradoxically complex biology including a heart, brain and central nervous system.
One of the most peculiar features of this unusual creature is the large eye ball found embedded directly in the center of its hard shell. Stranger still is that the creature initially appears to not have any other source of processing sustenance for survival. Through vast experimentation it has been discovered that it gains nourishment from light sources entering its cornea.
The Cycrab can live up to 100 years of age, with the average age being approximately 87 years old. While the newborns are quite small—roughly 6-10 ropknots in diameter on average—adult Cycrabs can grow to an incredible size, some reaching as large as a young elephorg.
There is much to learn in regards to a Cycrab’s physiology and intelligence. They appear to be a highly empathetic, hyper-aware creature. There may be some links to its usage of light as nourishment that could mean they have an instinctual grasp on light-based biological telemetry.
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You look up from the book and at your new one-eyed friend & it blinks at you innocently, the room flickers as its eye closes for that fraction of an instant.
- Continued @ https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- nicely written!sarahfailin
- Chlamydia pneumoniae (TWAR) is a recently recognized third species of the genus Chlamydia that causes acute respiratory disease.sarahfailin
- mantrakid1
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'You continue your search through the laboratory and short of innumerable more books and a plethora of beakers and flasks, you are unable to find another instrument worthy of using as a weapon.
- mantrakid0
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'You enter the laboratory and close the door quietly behind you. As the door closes, the dim orange light from the hallway narrows to a needle-thin strip then disappears completely leaving the room lit by the glow of Dennis' eyeball. Upon closer inspection it seems that a few of the glass beakers also give off a slight glow as well, but definitely not enough to provide an actual light source, but enough to see the liquid clearly in the dark.
Scanning the shelves full of books, you notice about half of them are in common tongue, the other half in a language you definitely dont recognize, but probably some type of goblin.
From the books you can read—and even the ones you cant make out the words on—they seem to be bestiaries. Large volumes full of drawings of various monsters and creatures, with detailed notes and charts surrounding the illustrations. Sometimes entire books are devoted to a single creature, othertimes, the books are as varied as the number of pages between the cover.
In all your scanning, you only see a few creatures you vaguely recognize, but the majority of the coverage is of lifeforms that are foreign to you.
- scarabin1
From my rp enthusiast gf:
I take a deep breath to calm myself and regain focus from all the action I’ve experienced.
Taking another look around the room i try to locate a light and ignition source to help me inspect the room. I’m also on the lookout for something other than a poopy splinter to defend myself.
I shuffle through some more books to see if i can find out more about Dennis’s species.
I give Dennis a hug, scratch under his skin and say ‘Who’s a good boy? You are! You’re a good boy sweetie lil sweetie pie!’
- grafician-7
But all of a sudden a DRAGON of all creatures enters the building.
Starts coughing fire - PLOT TWIST - as the dragon has covid!
Torches everything in sight including the player.
Game over.
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- _me_-1
you enter a room...
grafician is there.
do you ?
A: beat him to death
B:- B: bludgeon him to deathi_was
- https://www.youtube.…neverscared
- ^loli_was
- C: Clobber him to deathsarahfailin
- E: beat him to death, then undeath, then death againcannonball1978
- you guys have serious issuesgrafician
- mantrakid0
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'you turn the door handle slowly & quietly in an effort to stealthily peek past the door. The door opens silently and as it does, the flat orange light from the hallway cuts through the crack and splits the darkness of the room in half. As the door opens wider, the band of light increases, washing over various desks and tables full of glassware full of different colored liquids. Shelves full of books line the walls and the smell of burning permeates the air that wafts out of the room.
It seems like youve come across a laboratory of some sort.
Dennis hides behind your leg, quivering.
- Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- 1 Cloth Glove
- 1 Penis Udder Glove
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Cloth Mapmantrakid
- Inventory:
- scarabin2
Quietly try and crack the door a bit to take a peek inside.
If it doesn’t open, investigate what’s down the hall in the other direction
- mantrakid0
you turn the door handle slowly & quietly in an effort to stealthily peek past the door. The door opens silently and as it does, the flat orange light from the hallway cuts through the crack and splits the darkness of the room in half. As the door opens wider, the band of light increases, washing over various desks and tables full of glassware full of different colored liquids. Shelves full of books line the walls and the smell of burning permeates the air that wafts out of the room.
It seems like youve come across a laboratory of some sort.
Dennis hides behind your leg, quivering.
- mantrakid1
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'You decide to head off to the right. Dennis sticks by you with his leash and peers along the floor warily looking for traps or dangers.
You unfold the cloth to a square of fabric about 5" x 5" and notice some markings that look like a very rough map of the outdoors. There's an arrow drawn on the bottom right corner which tells you which way is "north" and there's a large square near the top left corner, and a ton of trees surrounding it. Past the trees to the east there are a bunch of little squares that may represent a town, and to the south of the trees is a circle filled in with black, which may represent a hole or a large body of water.
The cloth isn't big enough to wrap all the items tightly (it just flops open again) but aside from the shiv, everything fits in one hand pretty easily.
After tucking your dick and balls into one of the gloves, you keep the other one on your hand that holds the shiv.
Quietly, you make your way to the end of the hallway after taking the right turn and you are faced with a single solid wooden door with a door handle and no apparent lock. You don't hear anything coming from behind the door but Dennis seems nervous.
- Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- 1 Cloth Glove
- 1 Penis Udder Glove
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Cloth Mapmantrakid - -> https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- Inventory:
- sarahfailin2
Seeing nothing of particular interest to the left, and fearing more Goblins may await in that direction, I decide to explore first what is to the right.
Before heading off to the right, I look down at lil' Dennis who seems to be antsy to walk on his own, and I tie his leash around my wrist. "Stick by me lil buddy," I whisper to him.
I unfold the folded cloth and wrap all of my inventory items up in it, so I can more easily carry them with one hand.
I shuffle off the other way, stepping lightly to avoid making any noises. Dennis walks just ahead of me, illuminating the floor and perhaps knowing better the lay of this dungeon. I peer around the corner before proceeding down the passageway to the right.
((unless there's some obvious danger or reason why I shouldn't, I say explore the area to the right and see what is there. if there are any other turns or doorways, I quietly and carefully peek check out the areas before going forward. lead on, DM!))
- Also put gloves oncannonball1978
- I tuck my (still exposed) male genitalia into one of the cloth gloves. The glove hangs like a cow's udder from the front of me.sarahfailin
- -> https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- mantrakid0
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'Throwing caution to the wind, you immediately set out to the left from the door, which is where the other two goblins had come from. You peek carefully around the corner to ensure it's safe and see the long hallway stretching out in front of you. Its simple stone walls are interrupted with a single door on either side of the hallway about half-way down, and there is another left turn at the end of it.
You still notice that there are no obvious sources for the dim orange light filling the hallway, and start to wonder if it is maybe some kind of magic or spell that has been cast, as the effect is just too surreal to be natural.
- Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- Cloth Gloves
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Folded Clothmantrakid - -> https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- Inventory:
- sarahfailin3
I scratch my still ambiguous genitals discretely from behind the door, clutching Dennis and my other objects against my side. As the two goblins rush to their dying comrade's side, I throw the cell door closed and shut the latch, trapping them all inside.
I look around the hallway, assessing the new area that I am in. Then I lean against the door and ask them "Do you speak Common? What is this place?!"
- Also: examine coin, and fashion a laser monocle for Dennis while waiting on an answer from the trapped goblins.garbage
- <<<<this is a good ideasarahfailin
- -> https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- mantrakid4
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' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--' `--'The goblin falls to the ground, still clutching its throat as blood continues to throb out of the wound.
*ROLL (for the approaching footsteps)*
Searching the goblin you find a small folded piece of cloth, a coin and a circular glass lens, potentially some type of monacle or telescopic lens. Everything is small enough to grab. in one hand.
The goblin is wearing cloth pants and a shirt, and simple leather boots.
*ROLL (for the approaching footsteps)*
You can hear the footsteps louder now, but a voice calls out and tells you there's still a bit of time. You quickly pick up Dennis and while covering his eye with the glove you dart out of the room and behind the now fully opened door, making yourself as small as possible between the door and the stone wall.
*ROLL (for the approaching footsteps)*
You manage to fully conceal yourself before the footsteps arrive and, with pained breath, you stay hidden behind the door as you hear the footsteps round a corner and approach the open doorway.
Peering through the thin vertical crack between the door and the wall, you can see there are 2 goblins similarly dressed as the first one. They both enter the room and find their colleague on the ground, unconscious and still bleeding. In a panic they both rush to his side.
- Inventory:
- Bloody Makeshift Shiv
- Cloth Gloves
- Leashed Dennis
- Small Coin
- Glass Lens
- Folded Clothmantrakid - -> https://www.qbn.com/…mantrakid
- Inventory: